Tag: Pixie Noir
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Pixie Noir: Snippet 12
Pixie Noir is now available for sale in print, and ebook. Enjoy, and let me know what you thought! If you want to read all the snippets first, start here, Sunday Snippets. ************ “Among other things.” “When can we start?” “Let’s go up on deck.” I stepped out into the hall and looked both ways,…
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Writing Process
It’s not the same for any of us, this process of creation, but I’ve found that sometimes I’ll read about what someone else is doing and it clicks for me. Over at Mad Genius Club this morning I elaborate on what I was thinking and doing as I wrote Pixie Noir, hoping that perhaps I…
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Reading Noir
I’m beginning to write Trickster Noir, the sequel to Pixie Noir. To get into the mood, I’m reading noir fiction. I’ve been looking for recommendations, and was given a nice list by friends. For Pixie, I was reading Spillane and Louis L’Amour’s detective stories. I’d been reading Hammett a few months before I started writing…
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Pixie Noir: Snippet 11
I thought this would be the last snippet, but you will get one more before the book is available for sale. For a sense of perspective, Pixie Noir is over 95K words long, and in the snippets total there will be about 24K words. You are only a quarter of the way through the story,…
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Pixie Noir: Snippet 10
We are coming down to the finish of these snippets. There is a cover ready, we’re waiting on the printer’s approval of files for the trade paperback version of the book, and the ebook versions are all ready to go. I’m getting pretty excited about it, but I don’t know what I will do with…
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Back Covers
I’m not sure if this qualifies as a nuts-and-bolts post, or a “what I have been up to this morning!” I spent a good part of my morning formatting and uploading files for Pixie Noir, hoping to hit the proposed publication date in a more-or-less timely fashion. I am working with Createspace again for this,…
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Pixie Noir: Snippet 9
I’m very excited, I have a draft of the cover for you all to look at! It’s likely going to be tweaked before final release, but do let me know what you think! (Be honest, remember, this is for posterity…) Only a couple more snippets before you can buy the whole thing and gobble it…
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Pixie Noir Snippet #7
If you have not been following along, the first snippets are here, and I have the edited manuscript back from my editor, one giant step toward completion. The cover artist has sent me some sketches, and I have re-iterated my desire for art that is gritty, sexy, and noir-ish. Not looking for a scene from…
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Pixie Snippet #6
If you have not been reading along, the first snippets can be found here. ############# “What are we going to do about the troll’s body?” I asked her. “Raven will take care of it.” She pointed and I saw that he was still in giant bird, form, and pecking at the troll. There were a…
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Sunday Snippet: Pixie Noir #5
If you haven’t read the previous snippets, you may want to start here. As always, enjoy! Pixie Noir will be released for sale in ebook and print version Dec 1, 2013, and until then, I will be posting snippets of it here on my blog. ##################### A cackling Raven in man form swung the door…
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Snippet 4: Pixie Noir
So, I have now officially moved my snippet day to Sunday. Last week was an accident, but with posting at Mad Genius Club on Saturdays, I decided to adjust the schedule on my blog as well. If you want to start from the beginning, look here. And enjoy! I’m still waiting on art and edits…
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It’s Saturday, Right? Snippet up!
I had started out in Underhill, of course, safe at home, my feet propped on the hearth, a good pipe going, and book in my hand. All was right with my world. Then the summons had come, and dragged me all the way out to the end of the world. I knew, lying on that…